Building construction



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1922. serial nog 584,513; i

iou'n that 'FiifiNcie BELL REILLY', 'i y of Reginmin tbe 'Province' ot ew-zin, Dominion or". .("anada, have certain new and u acter to be ii'iore readily andmore economi-A cally constructed Without impairing the etrength'tliei'eof.'

- further obiccts are to enable a building;

Voiitliis character to'be constructed Without tbe erection of Special'fornis for the Walle ori'looiing oi -tlie building. further objects still are 'generally to impl-oye and Simplify f the construction ot' tlie Various sections andV blocks entering'into the concrete buildingand tobetter adapttliem to perform therarious Y.functions required o r'wtlieni, and it consists essentially of the improved' con- Struci'ion hereinafter described in Vdetail Vin the accompanying specicationv and ,draw- In the drawings: l

Figure il. ie a. cross Sectional View of one et the wall blocks. f t l VYi'igui'e 2 is a cross Sectional Viewo'f a plu-V ralityo the wall blocks in positiont Y Figure is a cross Section through one the `floor blocks. Figure 4 is :a inga tion. 1. Y. Figure :7 is a face View-of tlie block for tbe window traine. Y

Figure 6 is a eide View of tleblock shown crees sectional View Showiire .7 isfa cross Sectional VView through kille blockiorniing tbe Window jamb.

Figure 8 isV a croee sectional. View through the block 'forming tbe door'gamb.

Figure 9 is :i eide View ot tlieblock in the .Window anib. y Figure l() is a detail partially.' in Section eliowine' tlie inannei' of attaching tlie hinge to tbe door janib.

,Figure ll is a cross sectional View of tlie roof slabs.

Fie-ure l2 is a sectional elevation of a building constructed in accordance.with tbe preeent invention.

Thisv application is al divisional ol in y ul; Improve ments in Building Constrnotions,'orwl'iiclri eignen.

plurality of the floor blocks in` posi-- liietween the :earlier application filed August 15th192l,`` `under filer .lllo, 92594; which inatured'into Patent No.v Lll, date 1F ebr'uary 20,

ln' 'constructing the building y-in accordance with the` present invention7 the Walls I areforrn'ed Vivoin a 'plurality' ofconcreteV blocks preiferabl/ reinforcedV and Y.they areA infiuetui'ed Vamiy vfrein the building' and are pie'feial-ily of unitornrsize. These ',lfilocls are united by connecting colurnns which. arepour'ed 'onA the joband aredei to supportflooring slabs on which the i'lo'or is' 's i'ippoited, the' Window-.and door jarnbs being: 'also [cast 'away from 4the job and placed VVin position as A'liei'evinaliterde- II scribed. u

A' fV` Y Referring' particularly to Figures. lfand C which Show tbe' sidefbloclryit `will lbe'- seen vthat it comprises 'a cross'eection of'a block in'whicli tbeinner'w'all ctandouter Wall'i" held in place by crose Webs' d and dato which a center Wali c is-attaclieithusform- Ling two y air-Spaces e and;` yt Which extend troni top to bottoni of the block, which block extends from` floor to ceilingtas'hown f in Figure l2. f 'f Tlieee bloclze ar'efreinforced Withf'rods rv`eX-v y panded inetal, "Wire inesh orfother 'suitableA Adesired tbe cent'eifwall- 0 may vbe offfslieet reinforcing material. VVbere Yliglot'neeS *is metal or libre boardi'or other prepared mav terial which is cast1inplace at tbeti'inetbe block Vis rnade. Extending upwards Avfrom the .webe` d, d, is a metal'loon/@Figure 6,

'by which the block is lifted in a crane or.`

other hoisting.apparatus)f'j l K will be lseen tliatwlien4 tbefbflocks-are setin' place inthe Walltliere` w'illb'e a space adjacent croee lWebs .d and in tli'eee4 siljaceegconerete columns f/ are'poured,`

Vtliese being reinforced with Vsuitable rods wliiclraie .Wired apartv and *dropped finto place .befo'reftlie Vcolumn is caSt. A tapered core 7LV is Set in lplace lbeforetlre coluinn is cast and whenconc/reteV is, set. thisv is vW'itbi' Vdrap/n leaving an'V air space it" between ltbe column lo' and the inner Wall a.' A little inor-taigie poured down spaces'eend forining an effectual stop at Z. The websrcl and center Wall c are kept shorter ,than the outerlwalls @and .7). The top oairepaces z and f are covered voretopped as at in, thus making tlie` forni in. wliich the beam n isf cast, which. is Yalso suitably reinforced.

- wood flooring; orotherselected floor cover- The beams n carriedA up to top of Wall a form supports en which the floor or ceiling is. carried.v v

As Shown in Figuree, the floor tile-is preg` casted in lengthsVV to reach fromY beam Yto beam and the sides of which, 0,*0, are setA Y .onslopeto toren` u...dov. e-ta1l to support'the tiles Vaiter the door is run. These Vconcrete tiles are also reinforced sufficiently t0 enable tlem tolbe Vhandled and put. into place.l

Figure e shows across section of lthe loor'thetiles beingV placeduside by side.

The rods to reinforce the floor beainsere set. in: place andthe beamsv 10,11 are'. poured along with. the concrete floor 1" on which ing isleid Vin the V usual manner.

V'lheouter Wall b O' the' block extends to Y the topv ofA the loor r asshoivn in Figure f, lfthus enablingthe loorto be continuedtoY Y lthe outer Welhthustorminga base on which fthe blocks for the' 'storyfabo\e are placed.

l/Vhere it is desired 'to carry the floor or ceiling out to form acornice', the Walls c and 7, are lef-lit the same height and the floor tiles ere extended over the beam end esL shown in; yupper part of Figure 12. This cornice forms the outersupport of the roof slabs` s,

of. which al cross"l section. is shown in Figure 11:.' VVOnvthesea plastic or. 'felt' roofing is laid. Ficure 5A shewsalace'vieiv et a block into# Whichl a jvindoiv frame Yplaced. A section of the jemb an l bloclrvat t, t isshoivn inFigure .1 u is a pressed metal'jam'b havingzmold d-...blindistop)y atl and rebate for parting stop at 2, e Window stop at 3.A YThe netaldis.embeddedwin*the concrete and the ordinarydouble hung YWindow sashes are mused.

@ure 9 shows a` vertical section ot the jainbatfc-mlfigure 7, in ivhicha pocket 7 isfplacedrto receive aspring sash balance.

,IA/Figure 8 shows aldoor jamb 'made'in a *similar* manner.

y Figlirefl() shows embedded in the concrete having thi Aaded helesfi1ito which4 bolts through the hinge areiastened.. g y f ln. constructiifig.Y the building. it will be necessary. to support the Adoor tilesV and -bloclrs.constituting the side Walls in place Vuntil the concrete frame formed by the various beams andiioors'are set. yAny. suitable 'forni-offr'a1ne maybe used for thispurpose.

shape, butin the case of .y Y'spaces-*to receive Apartially eXt'e how ametell plate` is The interiorivalls Aand ceilings can beY plastered directly'on the bloclr owing` to the but ii2 a further insulation .is `required the interior Wall a can be made ot any convenient insulation plaster. YThe external Walls may be rough cestdirectly-on the blocks or .merely treated at Vjoints'.

The Wall block shoivn'is oi rectangular a *building` with a reund or curved Wall, the inner and outer ivalls of the blocks will be shaped to contorni with the shape oA the'bnilding.

As many changes could be made in theY abo construction and vmany apparently- Widely different embodiments of my invene tion, Within the scope of the claims, constructed Without departingv from the spiritY or 'scope thereof, itisintended thatr all mat# tercontained in the accompanying' specificetions and drawings shall befinterpretedras illustrative and not in e limiting sense'. lVliet l claim as my invention is: Y y

*building construction comprisinga plurality of Wall blocks havingrecesses in .their ends designed Whenthe blocks are set together to form spaces to receive a vertically extending. column,a pluralityV of columns cast in said spaces; certain oit the Wallf." E

blocks having'l 'their` outer'walls projected vdoubleair space Without the use of lathy.

above the innerivalls to .torina seat onv the.

inner Walha, floor supported on the seat comprising' a plurality ot'til'es, slabs and con-V 'Y crete door interloclred Withythe slabs.

2". The constructionas claimed in claim l in which the 'floor tiles` are. .iformedavith Y dove-tailed center portions interlocking with a poured concret-e iriooring..V Y

A. concrete construction -comprising` a plurality O'Wall vtiles set `adjacent to each other and one' above another, the said AWall tiles having vertically extending` passage- Ways and .having 'side :FormingV unins.y columns cast in the said spaces. convnettingbeeinsjtor said columns. means 'for 

